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St. Joseph baseball holds off Darien

DARIEN -- St. Joseph baseball coach Jim Chaves found himself right back in a nightmare he hoped to never revisit.

Last week against Greenwich, the Cadets allowed four seventh-inning runs, falling to the Cardinals on a day when starting pitcher Nick Williams was dominant through six innings.

Wednesday against Darien, the calamity began to play out again as the Cadets took a three-run lead into the seventh only to see Darien rally against a once again dominant Williams.

Fortunately for Chaves, his alarm clock woke him up before this nightmare could came to another ugly conclusion.

The Cadets recorded the final two outs of the game at home plate, one on a wild pitch and the final on a single to left field, giving them a 4-3 win over FCIAC leading Darien.

"That got a little dicey," Chaves said. "Those were some gutty plays with the game on the line. I know in the back of their mind they probably had that Greenwich game, but they found a way to get it done today. That was a huge throw from the outfield. (Matt Laveneziana) has a strong arm, but that is something we work on every day and I can't say enough about that throw he made to the plate."

The Cadets led 4-1 heading into the seventh with Williams only allowing two hits to that point.

Williams rang up his 13th strikeout on the first batter, but the ball bounced and got away from the catcher, allowing George Reed to make it to first safely.